Mx. Kit O'Connell πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆβ­πŸ‘

Newsletter Writer & Contributor at Big & Bright from The Barbed Wire. Former Digital Editor at the Texas Observer. GLAAD Media Award and National Magazine Award-nominated editor and journalist. Friend to cats.

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This whole episode gives valuable and enlightening context into Milo and how he made a career on the far-right and how it ultimately bit him in the ass, but I'm obsessed with @kattenbarge calling him the Waluigi of the media. I'm going to be thinking about this all day.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wm47AYHp-O8

3 days ago

Suddenly, Google voice typing is writing out the word period instead of the punctuation mark when I try to end a sentence. It seems like voice-to-text is one of the most unpredictable types of software in terms of its day-to-day behavior.

5 days ago

Hi everyone, it's me, your newly cybernetic reporter. I ate shit on my bicycle a week ago broke my radius and got a fancy new plate in my wrist the next morning. It really fucking sucks but I'm getting through it okay.

August 30, 2026

β€œIt was one of the worst dress codes we've seen in terms of singling out transgender students directly.”

New at The Barbed Wire: Meet "Emma Doe"! With the help of the ACLU of Texas, she forced her school district to adopt a gender-neutral dress code, and was able to graduate in her favorite dress.
https://www.thebarbedwire.com/trans-teen-from-rural-texas-forces-high-school-to-change-transphobic-dress-code/

#LGBTQIA #news #Texas #education #LGBTQ #transgender #trans #rural

August 27, 2026

RE: https://federate.social/@oconnell/117152379340345647

β€œIt wasn’t until I grew up and I read Dr. Joan Roughgarden’s book … and I learned about bisexual, matriarchal bonobos (apes) and genderqueer chimps and gay penguin dads and sex-changing fish that I felt – in my body for the first time – that I belong here on Earth just like everyone else.”

August 25, 2026

β€œI wanted to make the movie that I needed in high school, and it’s really special to bring it home.”

New at Austin Free Press: On Tuesday, filmmaker Drew Denny screens "Second Nature" at #Austin's State Theatre.

My review of this funny and thought-provoking exploration of queerness among animals, which is narrated by Elliot Page and brought to life with whimsical animation ... https://austinfreepress.org/natural-healing/

#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #queer #trans #science #gender #nature #Texas #documentary #movies #film

August 24, 2026